Riesling

89 points The Wine Spectaor:This lush white exhibits a spicy aroma, following through to creamy flavors of ripe apple, peach and passion fruit. Hints of anise and citrus mark the finish. Drink now through 2016. 700 cases imported.

90 points Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar: Peach, mango and a hint of honey on the nose. The sweet, but austere peach flavor with its subtle spiciness is highlighted by the slate. Well-balanced, extremely elegant and nicely persistent.

87+ points The Wine Advocate:A Prinz 2009 Hallgartener Jungfer Riesling Kabinett of only 8% alcohol – as that statistic suggests – is delicate and unabashedly sweet, as well as glossy in texture. Lemon, pineapple, and papaya along with a smoky, faintly bitter infusion of black tea inform the nose. Satisfyingly long, this needs a few months to clarity itself, I suspect, and ought to drink well for at least 5-7 years. David Schildknecht

95 points The Wine Advocate:2005 Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese A.P. #10 – originating, as usual with this A.P. #, in deeper soils with more fine particulate slate than the #6 – enters a realm where almost custardy, lush richness of texture coexists with fresh berry, pit fruit, and citrus juiciness – in this instance above all cassis, white peach and pink grapefruit – and clarion transparency. At the same time, an incredible lightness of touch to the palate and wafting delicacy set this wine up for a soaring finish of remarkable length and purity of fruit. Certainly botrytis was here, but it got away, leaving only the most subtle and noble of traces in the sheer extra measure of honeyed concentration to the fruit. Lemon cream, pink grapefruit, cassis, honey, and white peach preserve set the tone here from the nose to the finish. “To combine this richness and botrytis with elegance and finesse is the beauty of 2005,” remarks Oliver Haag, and it is hard to offer a better summation of this particular Auslese, one I would want to follow for another quarter century or more (if I thought I would hold up half as well as the wine!).  David Schildknecht

"…F.X. Pichler is the Chateau Latour, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Zind-Humbrecht, Sandrone and Helen Turley of the Wachau." - Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate